Pumpkin Bread ( and it's oh, so yummy )

 Recently I was on the hunt for new pumpkin recipes to make the most of the rogue pumpkin we had growing in our garden.

I already bake pumpkin scones,  make pumpkin soup,  veggie soup and of course roasted pumpkin.  I had in my head that I wanted to make a bread or loaf type cake with pumpkin being the main ingredient.  

So after doing a Google search I came up with this recipe and the reviews were fantastic.  Of course I've tweaked the recipe like I usually do to suit our tastes.  I've tried to estimate how much cinnamon,  nutmeg,  ginger and allspice I used but in reality I gave each bottle a really good shake.  I wanted lots of flavour.

1 cup of cooked,  drained Pumpkin.  I used Jap / Kent

100g of salted Butter

1 1/2 cups of Brown Sugar

2 Eggs at room temperature

2 cups of Self Raising Flour

1/2 teaspoon of Bi Carb of Soda

2 teaspoons of Cinnamon

2 teaspoons of Nutmeg

1 teaspoon of dried Ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons of Allspice

Grease and flour an oblong loaf pan.  Line the base with baking paper

Also have a 6 hole muffin tin ready,  lined with patty cases.

Cream the butter,  sugar and eggs together until smooth.

In a separate bowl mix the flour,  bi carb,  cinnamon,  nutmeg,  ginger and allspice until well combined.

Add the flour / spice mix to the wet ingredients and combine with a wooden spoon.  The mixture will be quite thick.

Spoon the batter into the lined loaf tin until it's 2 / 3 full.

Spoon the remaining batter into the muffin tin.

Bake the loaf at 160 degrees Celsius ( 320 Fahrenheit ) for 50 - 55 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.

Bake the muffins at 160 degrees Celsius for approx 25 minutes.

Turn onto a cake rack to cool.

NOTES - 

*  The loaf can be sliced and toasted in an air fryer for 5 minutes until golden.  Serve with butter.

*  I like the muffins heated in the microwave,  cut in half and served with butter.

*  The loaf and muffins can be frozen

*  I think the brown sugar content can be reduced to 1 1/3  cups.  I'll let you know the next time I make it.

*  I used homemade brown sugar in this recipe.

Pumpkin Loaf

Pumpkin Muffins

Yummy and tasty

Have you made a pumpkin loaf or bread before ?

If you use this recipe,  please let me know what you think.